STUDIO AIR2016, SEMESTER 1, TUTOIAL #16

Yueer Wang 683623

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Introduction

Part A Conceptulisation

--A.1 Design Futuring.

My name is Yueer Wang, third year architecture student from the University of Melbourne.

Design is the magic created by the deisngers to give lives to building. Design is the soul of arcitecture. For me, design is like a door through which we can touch past and future, lke a window towards great architect’s thoughts. I love playing with geometric shapes, also fascinated by how buildings correspond to lights and shadows. Architecture has the beauty of complexity and simplicity, the beauty of material which represents historical time, the beauty of ‘always changing’.

This journey is aimed to illustarte and record the processes of digital dsign learning. It will be basically illustarted through: learning and using of digital softwares, drawing technique, reading and thinking, digital design products and self improvement after the study of this semester.

INTRODUCTION

YUEER WANG

A.1. DESIGN FUTURING

Gwanggyo centre, designed by MVRDV in 2007, located 35km from Seoul, South Korea.

Under the persistent increase of population, future urban design should utilize and explore vertical space to take in as much as population as possible. Thus comprehensive buildings using green energy with various functions are temporary needed. Gwangyo centre is a conceptual high-density urban design, which includes a series of up growing hills called ‘ the nodes’ ( the 2 mian nodes has hollow structure) provide direct connection with nature and promote the further development in neighbouring regions. ‘ The nodes’ were designed for high density modern urban life. Designed functions include housing, offices, cultural facilities, retail, leisure, education as well as parking. Each level of the nodes has the ring-like structure serviced as balcony or outdoor space. Vertical high density design of Gwangyo centre is the concept illustrated how city can integrate with natural environment. It was planned to be built at 2011 but till now still not implemented.

Gwanggyo Power Centre MVRDVSeoul, South Korea

resource: http://www.mvrdv.nl/projects/417-gwanggyo-power-center

resource: http://www.designboom.com/architecture/mvrdv-architects-wins-gwanggyo-power-centre-competition-in-south-korea/

Figure 1.1: courtyard

The best part of Gwanggyo power centre’ design is its circulation system.

How does it archieved sufficient circulation?

Every level of the nodes has pushed out the ring a bit further than the previous level, form the out door space as well as the circulation space. The two main nodes has hollow structure, which connectcirculation inside and outside of the building. With the large area of outdoor vegetation, this eco friendly building has improve local climate and ventilation. The green building has less energy and water consumption. These are essential for future architecture design which consider more about relation between nature and human society.

The Gwanggyo take advantages of local topography as much as possible( integrated into the suurounding environment) . Large vertical structure ‘buildings’ are not seperate from each other, but connected and functioned as a whole green urban unit.

Shanghai International Cruise TerminalSparch ArchitectureShanghai, China

Shanghai International Cruise Terminal, designed by Sparch Architects, was finished at 2010.

Total 800-metre long riverfront site is located north of the historical ‘bund’ centre of shanghai and will become a new gateway into the metropolis, accommodating three 80,000-tonne cruise ships at any one time, with an expected passenger flow of over 1.5 million people per year. this project is a response to the numerous cruise companies competing to include shanghai on their south east asian routes.

RESOURCE: HTTP://WWW.DESIGNBOOM.COM/ARCHITECTURE/SPARCH-